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Ekphrastic Octogram
A chapter in the book Interpretations For Consideration
The Last Descent
by Debra White
I had a little accident; My slinky bust. Its coils are really rather bent and won't adjust. It used to saunter down the stair, but now it's broke, beyond repair - I'd thought that it was more robust. My slinky bust. I sent it on its last descent with forceful thrust. I wasn't careful, down it went then bit the dust. A tangled mess, a sorry sight, my nifty spring was not alright, I'm more than just a tad nonplussed. My slinky bust. |
Over the years, my children had numerous slinkies. They are a very cool, yet flimsy toy, which - each and every one of them 'broke' within days of buying them... maybe my children were just heavy handed!
Ekphrastic poetry - A description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined.
Thank you to Kimbob (FatherFlaps), for introducing me to the Octogram form -
The Octogram was invented by Fanstory member, Sally Yocom.
2 stanzas of 8 lines. The syllable counts should be: 8-4-8-4-888-4; 8-4-8-4-888-4
Each line must be written in iambic meter. The rhyme scheme for the first stanza:
aBabccbB and for the second stanza: ababddbB, where the capital B's denote repeated lines, word for word.
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and 2 member cents. Ekphrastic poetry - A description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined.
Thank you to Kimbob (FatherFlaps), for introducing me to the Octogram form -
The Octogram was invented by Fanstory member, Sally Yocom.
2 stanzas of 8 lines. The syllable counts should be: 8-4-8-4-888-4; 8-4-8-4-888-4
Each line must be written in iambic meter. The rhyme scheme for the first stanza:
aBabccbB and for the second stanza: ababddbB, where the capital B's denote repeated lines, word for word.
Image courtesy of Google
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